Vektor

Will the host country miss their own deadline for song submission? The suspense is killing me.

Hungary Platon Karataev - Atoms Lyrics

is in.

1. Rate the performance on a scale of 1-10 I would give Hungary a 7. We did pretty well given the current level of our athletes. 2. What were the suprises and heartbreaks ? Márton winning gold in taekwondo, the girls overperforming in the kayak events after a very lackluster 3 years, Muhari winning bronze in women's epee after an almost unprecedent qualification, Major winning bronze in shooting after many years of disappointment in the discipline. As you can tell, we had many good surprises. As for the disappointments... the boys flopping in pentathlon despite the 1-2 at the Worlds, Muszukajev not even winning a medal in wrestling and obviously the fact that we didn't win a single gold medal in Canoe Sprint for the first time since 1976. 3.Was your country's goal achieved? Personally I expeted 5 gold medals and 16 total medals. We got 6 gold medals and 19 total medals. I think we achieved what we came for. 4. Which are the sports that will be invested more in future? I think the level of investment won't change, maybe with the exception of taekwondo, we might see a surge there now that we got an Olympic champion. 5. Who could be some the potential star for your country in LA? The Márton twins, one of them already won in Paris. Maybe Blanka Vas? She must win that medal eventually. Bettina Fábián is also very talented in open water swimming.

Inb4 Italy submits Freed from desire. I feel like I have heard that song at least 200 times in the past 17 days.

For the first time ever there isn't an European nation in the Top4. The Russian ban + Great Britain underperforming + France not reaching their full potial at home... weakest European performance at the Olympic Games, in the "capital of Europe" of all places.

So it will be 40-40 in the end because the US lost in wrestling and losing in volleyball. The US will take over with the last event, women's basketball.

Denmark at least two levels above here.

Very one-sided finals here and in women's volleyball. Boooring!

Yeah, it's kinda crazy that we won 6 gold medals without any help from Canoe Sprint. Hungarian gold medals outside of Canoe Sprint: 2024: 6 2020: 3 2016: 5 2012: 5 2008: 1 2004: 5 2000: 4 1996: 5 1992: 10 So yeah, this is pretty much our best Games outside of Canoe Sprint since 1992.

6 gold, 7 silver and 6 bronze for Hungary. Pretty much the same as Tokyo, one less bronze. Many surprises and disappointments, this time we were mostly carried by athletes who weren't the top favorites.

10th Hungarian gold medal in the history of pentathlon, the last gold of the "traditional" modern pentathlon goes to the most successful nation of the discipline.

No Hungarian medal in wrestling...

Yikes, Oteiza out.

It really does feel like only the fencing and the laser run matters at these Games. Swimming decides absolutely nothing and the horses are so good that almost everyone clears riding with zero or one faults.